Meet the Team

Alanna Gail

Alanna joined the team at Trade Winds Dental in 2008. She is the office administrator, front desk goddess, and your patient care specialist. Alanna enjoys meeting, greeting and working with the awesome patients at Trade Winds Dental. She also loves the incredibly supportive and encouraging team here at the office. Alanna came to love the dental field through a major reconstruction of her own jaws and teeth. The result was truly life changing. She learned firsthand what a huge impact a person's smile can have on his/her overall self-image and confidence. Because of this experience, "I am very happy to have the opportunity to be a part of helping patients experience the difference high quality dentistry can make in their lives." Alanna currently lives in Jarrell, Texas with her two sons - Spencer and Cooper, twin daughters - Tressie and Tegan, and her mother who delivers blessings to the family every day. Alanna enjoys being involved with her church, gardening, spending time with their many animals - horses, dogs, cats, and rabbits, and laying poolside with a good book. She also recently constructed and renovated her home. "I love to wander through an old hardware store or antique store - it helps me breathe deeper!"

Angela Mason, RDA

Angela loves being a part of someone else's smile! An overwhelming desire to help care for others led Angela to the dental field where she realized she could make a difference. Fueled with that desire, in 2009 Angela graduated as valedictorian from Everest Institute at Austin, TX for dental assisting. That same year, Angela joined the Trade Winds Dental team and also took on the role as our OSHA compliance officer.  Angela continues to make continuing education in dentistry a priority, always looking for ways to improve what she can do for her patients. Angela has lived in the Central Texas area all of her life, currently living in Georgetown. She is a proud mother to one son and three daughters. When she's not helping Dr. Hennington and other dental professionals create incredible smiles, Angela can be found spending quality time with her children traveling to different zoos and nature parks, and training for the LiveStrong Marathon in 2014.

Shermance Morris, RDH, BBA

Shermance is an ambitious and passionate indvidual who is well-trained in the latest technologies and treatments that insure maximum comfort and health in dental hygiene. She is involved in many dental hygiene organizations, including the Texas Dental Hygienists' Association, and counts continuing education as one of her top priorities to provide the very best care for her patients. She has a special interest and a strong background in preventive services that can greatly reduce the need for future treatment, as well as, contribute to more complete and total wellness. Currently, she chairs the Senior Oral Health Committee dedicating herself to finding ways to help improve oral health conditions for our seniors. A native-born Texan from Amarillo, Shermance is married with two fantastic sons, Logan 11 and Parker 8. She received her Bachelors of Business Administration from Texas State University and worked for Dell Computer Corporation in Account and Project Management for 10 years.  After taking time off to stay at home with her children, Shermance decided to change careers and pursued dental hygiene. She was voted to be the Texas Student Delegate while she was in hygiene school. Shermance has a Black Belt with the American Tae Kwon Do Association, is active in church and Cub Scouts, and is excited to have her parents living close by in the Sun City area. Positive energy is her mantra!

Xenia Hennington

Xenia has lived in, and around, the Austin area since 1974. She graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, a study which has played a large role in every aspect of her life and professional occupations. In 1993 she met her then-future husband in a local coffee shop on the Square. Her gratifying career in dentistry began five years later as she searched for ways to give back to the community. Xenia loves serving the Georgetown and Austin communities and celebrates the impact great dentistry has on changing people's lives for the better. Xenia's continued concern for the overall well-being of others led her to become a certified level 2 practitioner of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan ®. Xenia is also a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and an experienced registered yoga teacher (E-RYT 200 and RYT 500) through Yoga Alliance. Not only does she work behind the scenes for Trade Winds Dental in management, human resources, payroll, marketing, bookkeeping, and special projects, but she also teaches public Kundalini yoga classes in Austin and helps Kundalini yoga students evolve into teachers themselves in teacher training programs in Texas and Louisiana.